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Established in 1885 as a specialist institution, Arts University Bournemouth is a leading University offering high quality specialist education in art, design, media and performance across the creative industries.

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Staff research is supported from within AUB by grants for particular projects and by a Research Fellowship programme offering generous remission from teaching and administration. Researchers are also encouraged to apply for external funding for the full range of research from practice through history and theory.

A proactive Research Forum enables staff to present work in progress and to hear and participate in discussions of research by distinguished visitors. Training and advice is available to those intending to apply for external funding.

The University occupies a significant position in the cultural nexus of the south west. The University’s own Gallery is an important showcase for creative work and there are established links with other arts institutions in the area.

MAP 2015 Interview – Paul Richardson

Published 3rd December 2015

Paul Richardson – BA (Hons) Architecture

Involved in a similar interest in curvature in buildings (but designed using a completely different methodology) since his music school project, Paul is pursuing the ‘ideal curve’, through studies in materials, structures and meaningful spaces at human and city scale that incorporate and identify elegance in architecture through curvilinear design. Paul is a gregarious and valuable member of the student cohort who never ceases to try to improve progressively what he needs to learn and do in architecture.

Paul tells us about his experience:

“From the early stages of my architectural studies the expression of forms and structure has become a growing interest starting in first year with simple yet expressive tectonics in architecture which I later developed in second year by manipulating simple forms into more refined curved architecture. Developing my interests in architecture has allowed me to investigate to a deeper understanding the evocative nature of the geometric forms that can be crafted and so elegantly expressed by it.”

Paul’s Research on the Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012):

I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. I am attracted to the free-flowing, sensual curves. The curves that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous water of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean, and on the body of the beloved woman. (Niemeyer, 2006, citied in Hess and Weintraub, 2006, p.11.)

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